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Writer and producer Neal Baer (ER, Law & Order: SVU, Designated Survivor), P.J. Palmer, filmmaker/producer behind the critically-acclaimed LGBTQ drama series Anyone But Me, and LA-based writer Michael J. Wolfe are teaming to develop The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Wedding Photos  as a docuseries. The series is being…

Authentic Entertainment today promoted Sara Reddy to EVP Current Programming. Reddy — whose credits include Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Toddlers and Tiara — has worked for the Endemol Shine-owned production company off and on since 2007, most recently serving overseeing development. The company behind such unscripted…

CAA has signed Emmy-winning reality production company Authentic Entertainment for representation. Authentic is behind unscripted hits such as Flipping Out, Ace of Cakes and Toddlers & Tiaras. Most recently, Authentic launched TLC’s successful reboot of Trading Spaces, which returned to record ratings. Authentic has…

Authentic Entertainment co-founder and CEO Lauren Lexton, an Emmy Award-winning reality TV and documentary producer, is set to leave the production company she co-founded 18 years ago. The move comes eight years after Endemol acquired Authentic; the company is now a division of Endemol Shine North America. Authentic's…

Korin Huggins and Monique Nash’s Kronicle Media has signed a development deal with Authentic Entertainment to develop and produce character-driven content for and about women from diverse perspectives. The companies say the deal will solidify a collaboration on both documentary and unscripted projects that share the…

Endemol Shine North America subsidiary Authentic Entertainment has hired Kirk Anderson as SVP Production & Operations. In his new role, Anderson will work closely with Authentic Entertainment CEO Lauren Lexton and Authentic's EVP of Production and Content, Jeffrey Weaver, to oversee production and operations efforts…

We have Mom. We had Dads. Now, Mothers is headed to U.S. TV screens. Authentic Entertainment is teaming with Cinestar Productions — the company run by sisters Zoe, Mariel and Cisely Sandana — to bring the Israeli social experiment format to the States. The companies are taking the show to U.S. buyers this week. First…

Authentic Entertainment has promoted four key executives to EVP and VP roles. Jeffrey L. Weaver has been elevated to EVP Production and Content and Paul Halperin to EVP Business & Finance. In addition, Nneka Enurah has been named VP Multi-Platform & Partnerships and Deb Jackson as VP Production. Formerly SVP Current…

EXCLUSIVE: Authentic Entertainment, the Endemol Shine Group company behind Ace Of Cakes and Toddlers & Tiaras, has partnered with Matt Dallas (Kyle XY) and his husband Blue Hamilton in an overall deal to produce a docuseries that follows their growing family. Separately, Authentic has also taken U.S. rights to…

Authentic Entertainment has unveiled its new executive team structure, with Michael Bouson tapped as COO. As part of the new alignment announced today by co-founder and CEO Lauren Lexton, Doug Mirabello has been named SVP Development, Jeff Weaver will serve as SVP Current Programming, and Will Pisnieski is Authentic's…

After a 15-year run, Authentic Entertainment’s Tom Rogan is exiting the reality/documentary production company he co-founded with Lauren Lexton, it was announced today by Charlie Corwin and Cris Abrego, Co-CEOs and Co-Chairmen, Endemol Shine North America. Lexton has renewed her contract and will remain as…